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You have never been to karaoke before. And the thought of going there never popped up in your head. You do actually like to sing, but you know that it must sound horrible to everyone's ears.
So you were reluctant when Hitomi ask if you would like to join her and her friends for the karaoke. And of course, still dragging Shousuke along with her.
You were going to decline, you really are going to say no. But you have no idea how did you end up here- at the karaoke.
𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥.
Trembling in your seat while your eyes desperately try to find some silly excuse to get yourself out of this situation, you want nothing more than to sink deeper into the seat cushion of the sofa where you are sitting and make yourself invisible as possible.
Your shoulders are stiff like a board, and you are sweating with anxiety.
Hitomi pushes the tablet filled with many lists of songs inside it before saying: "Choose one of the songs [name]-chan! I can't wait to hear you sing!" Then she starts giggling like a mad woman.
Hearing no response from you, Hitomi abruptly turns to face you and so does the rest of the group.
𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐞𝐝.
"EHHH??! [NAME]-CHAN?!"
Hitomi worriedly waves her hand in front of your face, trying to get you back to your sense. Jolting and snapping back to reality, you look at the girl in front of you with a shivering gaze.
"Oh God your back! Have you chosen the song yet?"
"No..."
"Then go on! Choose one while we're singing ours"
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The first song passed.
The fourth song passed.
Sixth, seventh also passed.
It's nearly your turn now but you still haven't chosen any of the songs yet.
You let out a shaky breath as you stand up from your seat before excusing yourself to the restroom.
The cold water from the sink that trickles down your chin does calm you down quite a little bit, but you still shake whenever you think that you need to sing in front of everyone.
Your heart is beating rapidly as you bump into Shousuke on your way back to the room. And it seems to beat even faster when you move your gaze to meet his. The feelings of anxiousness unexpectedly vanished and get replaced with thousands of butterflies, flapping inside the pit of your abdomen.
Heat suddenly rises to your cheeks when he gestures to you to walk with him still holding that well-known emotionless attractive face of him.
And you who didn't want to go back inside and embarrass yourself by singing in such a bad vocal of yours (at least that's what you think), have decided to stick with him instead.
Both of you walk outside while you are trailing slightly behind the boy. The cold air from the outside makes your shoulders lose up from all of the stiffened postures you've been doing, inhaling some fresh air as you slowly calm down- and
you suddenly have the urge to eat an onigiri.
There's a convenience store nearby so you decided to walk over there, with Shousuke following behind you of course. Neither of you has spoken any word to each other, only silence has taken over between the two of you. But you didn't feel uncomfortable like you were at the very first time.
Shousuke and you make your way back to the outside of the karaoke as you are now munching on the onigiri that you have just bought. Shousuke on the other hand just bought one can of black coffee.
You then begin to wonder if Hitomi and her friends found out that you've sneaked out with Shousuke to eat the onigiri but you decide to shake away the thought for now.
Slowly eating, you peek at the boy beside you. He is sipping the coffee that he'd just bought, one hand inside his pocket as usual. His outstanding appearance makes everyone who walks past gawk at him with a lovestruck look in their eyes with a blushing red face.
You would do it too if you aren't friends with him, and doing it now would make you look like a total creep toward him. So nope.
Then Shousuke unexpectedly shifts his gaze to meet yours, again.
He has a questioning look in his violet irises but his face remains the same.
Oh no. Did you stare at him too intensely? Does he think you're a creep now?
A confused noise escapes from your lips as you stare at the can of black coffee in front of you. Shousuke then speaks.
"Do you want to try?" His voice is low and mumbled, barely audible.
You swallow down your anxiety and slowly reach out to grab the now warm can of black coffee. When your tongue tastes the black liquid, you suddenly wince at how bitter it is. Your shoulders tense up as goosebumps rise on your whole body.
"It's- too bitter.." You said, handing back the can to him. Tears are prickling at the corner of your eyes.
Shousuke just nod and went back to sipping his coffee in silence.
Only if you look back at him for a few seconds, you would see a slight endearment glinting in his eyes before disappearing away as his expression become more tender.
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Note;
Sorry for not updating for the past two months I've been pretty busy with school work and dealing with personal stuff.
So hopefully I'll be able to finish all of the work and continue on this book.
